Country Guides

Reference Books | Books from the General Collection | Online Sources | Indexes

Reference Sources

• Africa    Reference DT 1 .D6
• Africa South of the Sahara     Reference DT 351 .A37
• Canada     Reference F 1001 .C1225
• Central and South-Eastern Europe     Reference D 1058 .C46
• Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook     Reference G1 .C88
• Countries and Their Cultures     Reference GN 307 .C68
• CultureGrams     Reference GT 150 .C85
• East, Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific     Reference DS 502 .H53
• Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia     Reference D 1058 .E37
• Encyclopedia of World Geography (24 vol.)     Reference G 133 .E48
• The Europa World Year Book     Reference JN 1 .E85
• The Far East and Australasia     Reference DS 1 .F3
• Latin America     Reference F1401 .L3252
• The Middle East and North Africa    Reference DS 49 .M5
• The Middle East and South Asia     Reference DS 44 .C55
• Nordic, Central, and Southeastern Europe     Reference DL 1 .N67
• Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States  Reference DJK 1 .S452
• South America, Central America and the Caribbean Reference F 1401 .S68
• USA and Canada     Reference E 838 .U83
• Western Europe    Reference D 1050 .W4
• Western Europe    Reference D 901 .W47
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life     Reference GN 333.W67
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations    Reference G 63 .W67
  

General Collection

These books may be checked out of the Library. Each of these series titles have books on the individual countries. Just click on the title below to see all the books in that series.

• Area Handbook Series
• Culture and Customs of .....
• Culture Shock!

Of couse you will find much more by doing a subject search on the particular country.

Online Sources

• BBC News: Country Profiles
• CIA: The World Factbook
• Country Studies These are the online equivalents of the Area Handbook Series mentioned above
• globalEDGE
• Infonation
• Portals to the World from the Library of Congress
• U S Department of State Background Notes

Indexes

These general sources contain information on individual countries. In many cases, the databases will have the full text article available online. If you are using these databases from off-campus, please be sure to have your library card available.

• Academic Search Premier (1984-present)
  Indexes over 3,000 journals and magazines.
• Expanded Academic Index (1980-present)
  Indexes over 2500 journals and magazines.
• Newspapers (1980s-present)
  Full text of the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times (last 90 days only).

Marianne Berger, Reference Librarian
630-942-2338
berger@cdnet.cod.edu

18 August 2003